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Re: Help Improving Bridge Acuracy

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Originally Posted by Flimsor View Post
My team got finished building some cheaper versions of the bridges, but just like everyone else that has done this, we are having problems making the bridges accurate. I've heard you can put 50 lbs. on either end to make it work, but i'm not sure where on the bridge that would go. Does anyone know what we need to do?

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Assuming your bridge won't see heavy testing, the natural suggestion would be to mount weight wherever the other end of the bridge will pass the two-battery test.

However, the one bridge I've seen in person was built to the drawings and passed the test until excessive testing pushed the double-hinge out of spec, throwing the balance of. Are you working off of FIRST's team drawings, or are you estimating it yourself?
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